self-employed

SSNIT expands coverage of basic social security scheme to self-employed persons

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 05/15/2023 - 16:04

News Ghana (10.05.2023) The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched the Self-Employed Enrolment Drive (SEED), a product geared towards expanding coverage of the basic national social security scheme to self-employed Ghanaians. Dr John Ofori-Koranteng, Director-General of SSNIT, speaking at the launch of the product in Kumasi, said the aim was to redefine social security in Ghana and give hope to the self-employed to be able to retire in dignity and comfort.

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ghana
Global challenges
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Making access to social protection for workers and the self-employed more transparent through information and simplification

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 16:19

European Social Policy Network (ESPN)europa.eu (31.01.2023) “Transparency” of social protection systems is essential for people's awareness of their rights and obligations concerning social protection and enables them to take informed decisions. It requires, in particular, that countries provide full information on social protection schemes, and also that they simplify, wherever needed and to the extent possible, access rules and administrative requirements linked to these schemes.

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european union
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital inclusion
Service quality
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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German Financial State Aid during COVID-19 Pandemic: Higher Impact among Digitalized Self-Employed

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 10/07/2022 - 16:01

IZA (Oct 2022) In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the impact of this program on the subjective survival probability. In particular, we investigate how the digitalization level of the self-employed influences the program’s effectiveness.

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germany
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Japan eyes expansion of workers 'insurance scheme

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 04/26/2022 - 15:46

Pension Policy International (April 2022) The Japanese government is reportedly discussing plans to expand the coverage of its employee pensions and health insurance programs to all workers in the country. The proposal will be initially handled by a government panel of experts on Japan’s social security system for all generations, The Japan Times reported. In June, Tokyo plans to decide on the direction for the insurance system covering all workers and have it reflected in its honebuto, or basic economic and fiscal policy guidelines.

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japan
Global challenges
Topics
Health insurance
Pensions
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EU: Social protection for atypical workers during the pandemic

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 04/12/2022 - 17:22

etui.org (2022) The spread of Covid-19 and the ensuing adoption of lockdown measures have had severe consequences for European labour markets. All EU governments quickly made unprecedented economic and social support available to tackle the consequences of the pandemic. However, these measures – introduced by EU Member States during the pandemic as regards unemployment benefits, sickness benefits and special leave for parents – have not fundamentally improved formal access to social protection schemes for non-standard workers and the self-employed.

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european union
Global challenges
Topics
Difficult-to-cover groups
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Employment and Social Developments in Europe Quarterly Review analyses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the self-employed

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 03/30/2021 - 16:08

EU Reporter (29.03.2021) The European Commission has published the March 2021 edition of the Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) Quarterly Review, with a thematic focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the self-employed. The review shows that this group has experienced a strong reduction of their working time and more severe income losses than employees in most member states. National social protection systems typically provide lower coverage and compensation for the self-employed.

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european union
Topics
Unemployment
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COVID-19: Implications for employment and working life

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 03/26/2021 - 16:05

Eurofound (March 2021) This report sets out to assess the initial impact of the COVID-19 crisis on employment in Europe (up to Q2 2020), including its effects across sectors and on different categories of workers. It also looks at measures implemented by policymakers in a bid to limit the negative effects of the crisis. It first provides an overview of policy approaches adopted to mitigate the impact of the crisis on businesses, workers and citizens.

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Unemployment

Spain: Extension of unemployment emergency benefit for the self-employed

Submitted by mmarquez on Tue, 01/26/2021 - 18:28

El Diario (26.01.2021) From February the access to the so-called 'unemployment' aid for the self-employed created due to the pandemic will be extended until May 31. There are some changes, among them the requirement of a drop in income from 75% to 50% is relaxed in order to access severance benefits. The requirement of having to have been a beneficiary of the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity until June 30, during the first state of alarm, in order to benefit from these aid, a criterion that had generated a protection gap, is also abolished .

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spain
Global challenges
Topics
Unemployment
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Spain: Further extension of the ERTE until May 31st

Submitted by mmarquez on Tue, 01/26/2021 - 18:18

El Diario (26.01.2021) The Government has approved this Tuesday a macro-decree with the extension of several labor and social protection measures, part of the so-called 'social shield' against the pandemic. The Council of Ministers has extended the current ERTE model due to COVID practically without changes until next May 31, after Easter, which will also be the new limit for 'unemployment' aid for the self-employed. The ERTE scheme articulated last September is maintained until May 31st, 2021: those aimed at the 'ultra-protected' sectors (considered most affected by the pandemic) and depen

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spain
Global challenges
Topics
Unemployment
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Spain: New postponements of Social Security contributions for companies and the self-employed

Submitted by mmarquez on Tue, 01/26/2021 - 17:12

Social Security State's Secretary (25.01.2021) With the beginning of the year, new moratoriums on Social Security contributions have come into force. These postponements are regulated in Final Provision 43 of Law 11/2020 on General State Budgets for the year 2021 (LPGE) and are aimed at companies and freelancers who are up to date with their obligations and do not have any other postponement in vigor. In the case of self-employed workers, the moratorium covers the quotas whose accrual corresponds to the months of January to March 2021.

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spain
Global challenges
Topics
Contribution collection and compliance
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